®Planning appeal decision
Land at first and second floors, 28-32 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4NE
without planning permission, the material change of use of the upper floors above numbers 28-30 from ancillary retail use (Use class: A1) to a large house in multiple occupation (Use class: Sui Generis)
- Authority
- London Borough of Redbridge
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Douglas L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed details and changes to each HMO would provide suitable living conditions for future occupants, having particular regard to the provision of: (i) communal facilities; (ii) cycle storage facilities; and (iii) refuse and recycling facilities and arrangements
What decided it
The proposed changes would fail to provide suitable living conditions for future occupants due to insufficient communal facilities and inadequate cycle storage, and this substantial harm significantly and demonstrably outweighs the modest benefits of housing delivery when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The substantial harm to living conditions of future occupants was weighed against the modest benefits of providing accommodation for 14 people in a town centre location; the harm significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits.
Framework references: 11, 60, 126, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy LP26 of the Redbridge Local Plan 2015-2030, Policy T5 of the London Plan (2021), Policy LP22 of the Redbridge Local Plan, Policy LP23 of the Redbridge Local Plan
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.